Violence & the World's Religious Traditions

Herausgeber: Juergensmeyer, Mark; Jerryson, Michael; Kitts, Margo

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Produktbeschreibung

"An introductory survey of the whole field of study of religion and violence. It includes overviews of major religious traditions, and it analyzes patterns and themes relating to religious violence. It also explores major analytic approaches, and forges new directions in the study of this important emerging field"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 366g
• ISBN-13: 9780190649661
• ISBN-10: 0190649666
• Artikelnr.: 47545088

Autorenporträt

Mark Juergensmeyer is Professor of Sociology and Global Studies, and Director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Margo Kitts is Professor of Humanities and Religious Studies and Coordinator of Religious Studies and East-West Classical Studies at Hawai'i Pacific University in Honolulu. Michael Jerryson is Professor of Religious Studies at Youngstown State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
"The Enduring Relationship of Religion and Violence"
Mark Juergensmeyer, Margo Kitts and Michael Jerryson
1. Hinduism
"Violence and Nonviolence at the Heart of Hindu Ethics"
Veena Das
2. Buddhism
"Buddhist Traditions and Violence"
Michael Jerryson
3. Sikhism
"Sikhs and Violence"
Cynthia Keppley Mahmood
4. Judaism
"Religion and Violence in the Jewish Tradition"
Ron Hassner and Gideon Aran
5. Christianity
"Religion and Violence in Christianity"
Lloyd Steffen
6. Islam
"Muslim Engagement with Injustice and Violence"
Bruce Lawrence
7. Africa
"African Traditional Religion and Violence"
Nathalie Wlodarczyk
8. Pacific Islands
"Religion and Violence in Pacific Island Societies"
Andrew Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart
9. China
"Mutual Tolerance, State Persecution, and Martial Divinities in Chinese Religion"
Meir Shahar
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